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A telescope in space: topped by a circular yellow mirror, the object is boat-shaped, with a background of stars
Northrup Grumman An illustration of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomy

Cornell astronomers win time on James Webb Space Telescope

A&S Communications

The "premier telescope in space right now" will start a fourth annual cycle of observations on July 1, and three early-career astronomy researchers in A&S are PI or co-PI on observation programs chosen from a very competitive field.

two people standing in front of a statue
Kathy Hovis Mehler, left, and Rosenberg, right
Alumni experiences

Reunion 2025: The view from five years out

A&S Communications

Members of the Class of 2020 remember their journeys at Cornell.

Basketball going through a net
Markus Spiske/Unsplash
Physics

Better basketball through theoretical physics?

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell research team has employed a variation of a theory first used to predict the collective actions of electrons in quantum mechanical systems to a much taller, human system – the National Basketball Association.

Alissa Worly Jerud ’08
Provided Alissa Worly Jerud ’08
Alumni

Why our attempts to avoid emotional discomfort often backfire

Cornellians

"As a clinical psychologist, I’ve learned that moments of anxiety can be golden opportunities to learn to tolerate distress," A&S psychology major Alissa Worly Jerud ’08 writes.

Person speaks, holding a microphone
Credit: Sheryl Sinkow/Provided Left to right: Charles Walcott PhD ’59; Holger Klinck, the John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics; and K. Lisa Yang ’74 at the center’s advisory council meeting, where Yang honored Walcott with the establishment of the Charles Walcott Graduate Research Fellowship in Conservation Bioacoustics. Photo by Sheryl Sinkow.
Neurobiology and Behavior

New $1.5M graduate research fellowship honors former director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Chronicle

A new $1.5 million gift from philanthropist K. Lisa Yang ’74 has established the Charles Walcott Graduate Research Fellowship in Conservation Bioacoustics to fund graduate research at the Lab of Ornithology.

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Music

Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series announces 2025-26 Season

A&S Communications

The season will include explorations of timeless classics, as well as concerts highlighting new frontiers in music.

three people singing from a stage
Simon Wheeler for Cornell University Gunpoets
Summer series

Cornell SCE offers free outdoor concerts, lectures this summer

Cornell Chronicle

In the 2025 Summer Events Series, A&S Dean Peter John Loewen will give a lecture on AI; and beloved alumna author Diane Ackerman, M.F.A. ’73, M.A. ’77, Ph.D. ’79, will talk about her research trips.

People in an audience applaud one person standing
Sreang Hok/Cornell University Jamila Walida Simon, MA ’10, standing, just completed her doctorate in global development.
Staff accomplishments

Staff graduates recognized for academic achievements

Cornell Chronicle

More than two dozen staff members who earned degrees at Cornell or other institutions this year while also working at the university were celebrated in a ceremony June 10.

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Takahiro Kyono/Creative Commons license 2.0 Brian Wilson in 2012 in The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Reunion
Music

‘End of a hopeful era’: Cornell expert reflects on Wilson and Stone legacies

A&S Communications

The deaths of Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys, and funk and soul pioneer Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone, mark the end of a pivotal era in music, says professor Judith Peraino.

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Kathy Hovis From left, faculty members Alexandra Kleeman, Philip Milner and Talbot Andrews presented their work at the June 6 panel.
Reunion 2025

Professors address climate change from multiple disciplines

A&S Communications

The panel, during Reunion 2025, was called "Beyond the Apocalypse: New Narratives and Innovations for Climate Action."

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Provided St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
Ithaca community engagement

History Center exhibit chronicles excavation at Ithaca’s ‘Freedom Church’

Cornell Chronicle

The exhibit on Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church will open on Juneteenth with a community event scheduled for 4 p.m.

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Diogo Lopes de Oliveira/Provided PCST Network President Sook-kyoung Cho presents Bruce Lewenstein with the 2025 Award for the Advancement of Science Communication as a Professional Field (PCST Award).
Science and Technology Studies

Lewenstein wins science communication prize

A&S Communications

The inaugural Award for the Advancement of Science Communication as a Professional Field from the International Network on Public Communication of Science & Technology recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of science communication as a field.

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Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash
Military history

Military use in Los Angeles coming right up to Insurrection Act

A&S Communications

History professor David Silbey points out restrictions on and risks of using active-duty military to respond to protests.

Person wearing pink headphones, walking outdoors in a city
Devon Divine/Unsplash
Psychology

Study shows how city life shapes music choices

A&S Communications

Living in a metropolis broadens our musical horizons, and makes our playlists less alike.

Person sitting in front of a chalk board that has circular "smal world" diagrams on it
Jason Koski/Cornell University Steven Strogatz, the Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Public engagement

New York Times series features math by Prof Steven Strogatz

A&S Communications

Strogatz has been busy with outreach activities as the inaugural Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics.